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8 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , NOVEMBER 8 , 1SSO. "LOTS IN 01IA1IA OR HEAVEN" Bam Jones' ' Query Concerning the Future Place of Abode. THE GREAT EVANGELIST'S ' WORK. Interesting Addresses to Mammoth Aiiillcnccfl Saint * nnil Blnncra Bcorotl Alike Tlic Kcvlvnt- Ist's Appearance. Snni Jnnci In Omalia. After nearly a year's work thu efforts of curtain enthusiastic workers In tliu cause of Christianity lutvo icsultcd In bringing the grout ( Jeorgia evangelist , Sam Jones , In the cUy for the purpose of holiling a series of revival meetings. Mr. Jones arrived on Saturday from To ronto , where he has been holding a series of meetings , lie will he joined the lat ter part of this week by his co-laborer , Sam Small , who will remain with him and assist in the work of the last days oC the revival. The lirst meetings of tins serins were held yesterday afternoon and evening , the attendance clearly demon strating tliu great interest that is felt in the work of this man and justifying the action of the committee in securing the main hall of the exposition building for the holding of the meeting * . Services will be held every evening , commencing at ? : ! 50 o'clock. llio Afternoon Service. Although the afternoon meeting had been but poorly announced , at 11 o'clock several hundred people gathered in the main hall of the exposition building. Additions were constantly made to the attendance until at least two thousand people were present when Mr. Jotlcs commenced his talk. The platform was occupied by several of the ministers of thu city and a number of musicians whose services were needed in leading in the singing. At : > quarter past 3 o'clock Mr. Maxwell , who acts as conductor of the revivalist's meetings , announced a number from Mr. Jones' collection of gospel hymns. The audience joined iu the singing , after which they wore led in prayer by Kov. llarslia. The last versos of the seventh chapter of Matthews were read by Kov. Sherrill , followed by a song service and a prayer by Kov. House. TUB LVANOKMST'S Avi'iunAxcn. While tlio audience was hinging the evangelist made his appearance and took a scat upon the platform. At the close of Mr. House's prayer , ho stopped for ward to the very edge of the platform and commenced the talk. He said ho would talk upon the ( irst verso of the lirst chapter of Paul's epistle to the Thessalo- nians. Then followed a characteristic talk it could not be called a sermon upon thoughts suggested by the verso. In many instances the address was discon nccted , but wns of an intensely interest ing nature throughout. The audience followed the speaker closely through his address , a running outline of which is as follows : "This is a wonderful audience , " said the speaker , "considering the fact that the meeting for this afternoon was not prop erly announced. There will bo more people coming in , and if you will not bo disturbed by them I will try not to be. Let us give attention. I suppose you came to hear , some of you I expect came to sec. It is the privilege of every one of you to look at Sam Jones , and I am willing that you should , for if you como hero a few times I am going to have yon looking at yourselves , and when you got n good square look at yourself 1 hope the comparison will not be odious at least. " TUB OLD CIIUHCH AND TUB NEW. Speaking of the church of the first cen tury and the church of to-day , the evan gelist said : The church of the lirst century had more of the power of God and influence - once over men than the church of to-day. Just so far as we are similar to the lirst church , just so far have wo rcta incd its power and inlluenco , and just so far as we dlfl'er from that , just so much have wo lost the power of ( ! o < J and influence over men. In the lirst church , Jesus Christ called twelve illiterate men and tofd thorn to bring the world to him. We saw them bring down Jupiter and prove him n myth. They replaced Venus with the church of Jesus Christ. Paul and Tim othy organized a church "in God. " Every true church has its home in God. Doing in Christ Jesus and having Chrisl in you are intcr-changcablo terms. You can run Confucianism with Confucius in liis grave. You can run Mormonism with Joseph Smith and Urigliam Young dead , but .you cannot run a Christian church without the embodiment of Christ In the church. Wo cannot live on dogmas nor on creeds. We must feed on Christ. " INDIVIDUALS IN THE CIII'HOir. "The church partakes of the nature of the individuals composing the church , ami each member is a power either for good or else is a neutrali/.ing or retaid ing force. Take a church of ! IOO mem bers , with fifty of them consecrated to Christ , and they will capture an entire city like Omaha. Wo you believe that there is a church in Omaha that has lifty members , who are consecrated to God nnd love their neighbors as themselvesv If you have you have the best chinch I over saw. If you have such a church I thank ( Jed for It. If you Inivo not I don'-I know who to thank unless I thank the devil , and I am not In the habit of paying my respects in that way. [ Laughter. ] but say you do have fifty consecrated mem bers and 'MO of the common kind , you haven't enough well ones to look after the sick. The trouble of the church ot to-tiny is that It has only vitality enough to take care of itself , ami this is why wo have so mnnj appendages. The host men in Omaha aru in the cliurch , and the worst men in Omaha are in the church. church.THIS THIS MEAN MAT IS mi : CHUItCII adds hypocrisy tu his meanness , making him the meanest of mean men. I am not baying this of Omaha alone. II is true of evuiy city. I will deal with Omaha when I am but lor acquaintedam ! if the water gets muddy hctoro 1 get through it will be your mud and nit bucket [ .Laughter. ] Tito trouble with the averse church members are thai they all want to get into the wagon and make the poor litllo minister got out be tween the shafts anil do nil of the pull ing. " [ Laughter J WHAT MAKKS A OOOP M'.UMON ? Speaking of the work ot thn proachei and his congregation , Air. Joucs said "It takes two things to get a good or mon a gooil preacher and a good heaver Thn audiences uro not in sympathy wltl tlieir pastors. A good way to eicato s Kympathy is for you to take the pulpi some Sunday and put the preacher in ; pmv. You'll huve more sympathy foi him after that , { Laughter. [ .Study thought , and prayer , with head and hear ' will mauo a sermon on thu preacher'1 , side. And it does take study , borne preachers claim that all they have to dc to optui their mouths and God will I'd Uod will fill any man's uioutl with air , and these men who go into the mlpit with no other preparation arc old ilr guns and nothing more. [ Laughter. ] The preachers ought to bo the best posted nen of the city. 'They ought to read not only of the progress of Christianity , but hey ought also to nr.At ) TIII : luu.r rAi-r.its. They ought to pray before they begin 0 rca'd , though , and prny when they got hroiigh , and pray agood deal while they ire reading. [ Lauglitor.1 Not that the icwspapers nro so bad , but you people are so bad that you keep the newspapers 'died with accounts of your evil doings. " Long faces. ] Tiiu piiEAcitnit wiio rit.vvs. "Tho best preacher is the one who miy.s most. Kvery year you will wo the ) coIo | of the M. K church feuding dele- fations to the annual conference to tell he bishop what kind of a preacher they want for the next year. One delegation wants a preacher who is popular with the young people ; another wants one who is popular with everybody but did you ever he.tr of a delegation asking for 1 preacher who is popular with ( Sod , who loves what God loves and hates what God hates ? The trouble is that the n'caehers of to-day are too popular , innv rii : > to KIM. IMIKACIIKIIS. I'or what ? 1'or preaching the truth. Leople are no better now than they were n those days. The preachers are re sponsible for the lack ot martyrs. I have loijii looking for fourteen years for a martyr , for a man who itiud for telling ; ho truth and sticking to it. I have a iiounelii" sermon that J would like to preach on the occasion of finding such a man. " Tin : iir.Aiir.ii MTST IMJAY. Referring then to the part that thn icarer must perform to make a sermon a succc..stul one , the evangelist said : "Tho hearer must also pray. The best seed will not grow in the richest ground without preparation. What you want to do is to take the plowshare of prayer and thought and break up your hardened hearts , and then the rain of the gospel will cause the fruit of salvation to llourish in great abtind- anee. Wo do not want more preaching. You have enough hero to save a hundred cities the sine ot Omaha. What you want is prayerful listeners. We want men and women who will stand up and utter prayers that will bo mot half way on the road to heaven by the blessing [ hat will como in answer to them. But how are you going to send your prayer to heaven ? When you scud a telegraph message you go to an oper ator who has a wire perfectly insulated. Now what you want to do is to clear the way , and when you commence tins work I am afraid you will find a good many wires down. You must not ask God to help you to believe his word. God cannot Ho , and such a request would be an in sult. r.urii. A LAHOKor LOVK. Paul spoke of his work as a work of faith and a labor of love. The work of faith is doing what the Lord says and asking no questions about it. If you persevere in FO doing God will make _ it a labor ol love for you. This is the kind of work you ought to do in the church. The trouble is there is not life enough in tiic church. Some churches look like aban doned grave yards. In one of these kind of churches in New YorK the other day the minister preached a sermon against revivals to a shivering audience of sev enty-live persons. It was just like a fel low raising up one corner of his tomb stone ami saying 'Bo quiet out there and don't make so much noise' and then dropping back into his grave again. [ Laughter. ] When you hear a sermon against revivals YOU will hear it troiu a preacher who has not had a revival in his church for twenty years. 1 detest one of these woe-is-mo if-1-do-not-proach- tlie-gospel preachers , lie ! H a fraud iu the pulpit. Ho has no ' business in the pulpit if he would desire to preach any thing but the gospel. " "IT 31A KB ! ) MK TIUBD. " "Then it makes me tired to hear men and women complaining of the bacrilices they have had to make to become Christians. There is the poor gin who had to give up her danc ing. Poor tiling. Sow the Lord will get her into heaven by a side door for she is not responsible for what she does. [ Laughter ] Then there is the young man who had to give up his dancing auu card playing. Complaining because ho has to give up the very things that arc leading to his damnation. There is oue thing .sure , God never asks you to sacri fice anything that is doing you any good. Now do not understand me as being op posed to card playing nnd dancing. Not at all. In every asylum in the country there is a room for card playing and dancing. Don't ' you think it is wrong though , to shut up some of them and let the others go ? Hadn't they all ought to bo together and bo treated alike. [ Laugh ter. ] What vou want in Omaha is the weight of God's power. God goes by weight. There is many a 250 pound Methodist cr Baptist that don't weigh an ounce on God's scales. " ITIthONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. Jones then concluded his tall ; with a few explanatory remarks about his object in visiting Omaha. He said : "I have come here in the interest of perishins souls. I have come in the interests of the gospel , in the love I have for God and humanity. People will talk about mo. They will tell YOU 1 camcjhcn for money. The next time you hear the follow say that , TII.L : HIM iin ur.s. I never said a word about money to anj man before coming to Omaha , and I am not going to do so. If this committee gives me ? 100.000 it will bo all right , and if they don't give mo a cent it will be al the ftu'nio. You real estate men are work ing for money. Honest now , boys , am'i you ? You merchants and clerks are working tor money. I will give $ i.50 foi the phutcgranh of the man who donv want money. And yet you expect Sam Joucs to ho the one man of the world who is to work without : my remuneration. 1 1 wanted money I would have aeeoptei an offer to lecture for a bureau lor ? 50fl a night. I certainly would not have come to Omaha tor 1 never heard that you were very llhonil out hero , and yet do not pay you preachers very well [ Laughter I Your preachers are noi prcaohinc for money , but you Mop thch pay ami they'll all quit on you. bo I .say uiraln , whether I get a cent out of niy ) labors or not it will not make any difl'or- cnco to mo. Now some of you will talk about mo. Go ahead. SAY YOUH "WOKST , and if you can say anything worse about mo than I can about vou , all right. Only you tell thn truth , as I do , and 1 will not object. If you nro hit at these meetings come up and tell mo about it and upolo gi/e , and I'll ' forgive you , [ Laughter. If you'd rather go and talk about me , gt ahead , ( io out and bark , and 100 pcoph will como hero to see what you have trend. This is a free country. If yo ; don't want to come , stay away and YOU'LL Nor 1:1 : Miasr.i ) . Only this , he either our liiend or out enemy. Don't como and pretend to be : part of the mcetimr , ami then beratel your head and lake exceptions to wha has boon bald. Como out and be with UF and make this meeting the starting of .1 great religious awakening in Omaha , " After thanking the pastors present fo llio hilt-rest shown by thorn in the rcviva and making an announcement of tin evening meeting , Mr , Jones dismiss the audience with a benediction , 'J'lic KVCMIIIK .Service. The evening services were upcnci hymns , which were followed with prayo by HOVH , W , 11 , Henderson and J. I' . Hoe Thu stand , was qccuplpil by the following clergy men , who sat on the right : Hovs Sherrill , Scott , Marsha , House , J-'rano C'lfiiduniug , Hover , Henderson and Uoo The choir , numbering about lifty people nt on the loft , and sang under the dlrcc- l"n of Mr. M. J. Maxwell. People who lave for many years been interested in his part of revival work claim that the rcntlcmun Is the most successful leader Itey have over met. Mlt JONES. When Mr. Jones stepped to the front of the platform he faced an audience of lossibly 7.000 people. It lilled the struc- uro on the around floor , and in the gal- cry sever.il thousand heads could bo seen n rows four deep , looking over the rail it the evangelist. It was undoubtedly he largest audience that over greeted a mblic speaker in Omaha. Whom had it assemolod to hcarf A small , spare man. clad In striped tricol Kinlaloous , a black coat which endeav ored to be a Prince Albert and failed , the muii front of winch displayed a black ligh'CUt vest which rested upon a flat chest. A small section of polished shirt ) osom appeared in the heart-shaped cut- ing. ami upon this rusted a stululingooi- ar , number thirteen in .si/.oqnclrcling the speaker's nock , and decorated with a thick tie of about half an inch in width. The neck supported a small yet shapely lead , lightly covered with black hair , with slight outcropping of gray. The nilr was parted on ono side , mil in front extended downward , leav- ng a very small forehead which , at times , is the speaker felt moved by passion , jecamo seared wiih wrinkles. The com- ) lexhm was dark , and * the eyes' were slightly sunken. The 110 = 0 wns regular with dilated nostrils , while the mouth was expansive , with comparatively closeout - out lips over which hung a jet mustache , which by no means conformed with the prevailing fashion. Tliu face was pale , the cheeks shallow , hut the dark eves jcamod with intelligence and kindness. In this embodiment there was nothing to attract attention. The poao was inse cure , the figure lacking in grace antisym metry , anil the delivery clearly that of i man who had not been trained in the schools. But there was a voice which was clear without penetration , mellow without being musical and < trong without being robust. It pene trated to the furthermost ends of the Imilding , and in those recesses foittul hearers as attentive as those immedi ately beneath the glance of the speaker. This fact and a most unusual one it is coupled with the notoriety winch had pre ceded Mr. Jones , went a great way in enchaining the auditors' attention. But those , without the apparent earnest ness of manner , fluency of spcch , fearlessness of expression , fecun dity of comparison and absolute estrangement from the method of the average divine would have been sadly barren of results. All these combined to jaln and retain the attention of the audi- unco such as no man before entertained in this city. Mr. Jones is not an orator , in the tech nical sense of the world. And yet , under the training of a master , he would bo well nigh , all-powerful. He is not a rhetorician , anil familiarity with the rules of composition would render him capti vating. Ho is not even a grammarian , and yet , in this respect , ho in nowise differs from thousands of his hearers. In speaking he is always self-conscious. In his opening he is sententious , even epi grammatic. Ho compresses self-evident truths into globules and lires them , di rectly at his auditors. When they are of an agreeable nature they are received with smiles. When they arc of a nature pueh as arc never projected from the pul pit , they produce an undemonstrative , yet sensible elVcct of surprise among his hearers. As Ins discourse continues , ho rambles from the subject. Everything in the way of human frailty is brought to mind nnd condemned , and when ho concludes which lie does without a peroration , there is no reference to the thought witli which he opened his dis course. T As he stands to-day , were he to abandon the fearlessness with which ho strikes at human frailty , the incllbctive- nesa of regular ministerial work , unaided by revivals and the independence in the method of expression which obtains in polite society , he would still bo unknown beyond the confines of Georgia. It , is with these ho attracts the greater part of his attention , a id the marvel of his work is * tjiat both lay and cleric seem satisfied to bear his railings and commend his -MIC- cess. Among the clergy upon llio stage last evening there was not ono who was not intellectually his superior. And yet , all there smiled when ho underrated their efforts , nnd laughed when he catered for a laugh which ho generally started himself. Mr. Jones is a Georgian , and his pro' vineial pronounciation is most notieeii' ble. It is ulso apparent in the syncopa tion of his final bylablcs , but it is not sr pronounced in the slang expression. ' which are universal. But of all these facts Mr. Jones is unmindful , as will doubtless bo perceived by all who shall attend his services during the nc.xt twc weeks. In substance Mr. Jones spoke as foi lows : " 1 just want to say before 1 rent ! the text that I hope everybody will be perfectly quiet during the service. I sup pose that you are hero that you may heai the gospel , and receive the gospel , but ii you don't want io hear it yourself do noi be ono of those despicable pieces o : humanity that wont let othoi people hear. Now yon keep qnici or ask a policemen to show you out o : hero , one or the other. 1 want the prayers of every man am' woman in this house who believes Goil hears and answers prayer , t trust that you will pray much. As lightly t\i you may think of It a great deal dependi upon this movement. I understand thai all the evangelical churches have jojncii this movement. I say there is a greai deal involved. If this meeting is a .sue cess it is your success , and it a failure ii is your failure. 1 will go away fron hero with as much faith in God if not i soul is converted as I would if the whoh town had been converted to Christ. IT is vot'it noirr for your family , your light for God am truth , for the ten commandments and al that wn pri/.o highly in this life , and . nbk you Christian people to go to you ; and nty God to ble.'s this meet ing. 1 don't care what you think of mo Think well of the ten command mcnts , think well of the sermoi on the mount , and well o Jcaiis Christ. Think well of all that Got thinks well of. Fall out with all Hut ( jed has fallen out with , I would no ubk you for a cortilicato of good bohavip ; when I leave hero , for 1 do not need it and 1 don't know whether It would bi worth anything If 1 had it. Your crlti eisuis don't amount to anything , YOU IIAYK NiVEU : DONUNVTIIINO tint amounts to much. Let us go luti this linht with all our hearts. 1 have go nothing to lose because I have nothin ; invested. I say to you all to-night tha you have everything invested You fcouh. In the midst of all your prosper ily as a city you havo'yct to grow. Yoi aru too broad for your hight , You inns ixrow up toward thu ten commandments toward everything that is right If yoi will do that , thin will be ono of thn great e t cities in America. But it will nova bo what you want it to bo on th line you are now running with twv > or thrco hundrei barroom doors \vido open and you gambling hells advertising on the sal bath , Till : DiVlI. : Tt'ltNEll I.OOsE from Christmas , to Christmas , bequeatli ing to your children : i poor heritage Put your soul into this movement , como with love and charity for you all 1 have got nothing against any man i Omaha , nothing but love and good wil for all mankind. 1 will repeat whut have said. If you will litid me a man o earth that I do not love 1 will hug hir till ho "holk.-i1 on the spot. [ Laughter. And If you will find ino a woman that ! do not love , I will send for my wife and make her hug her. [ Laughter. ] So with rood will and kindliest feeling for you ill , I will go into thy work prayerfully and earnestly for your good and the ; lory of God. 1 have taken for my test two verses of lie Tenth chapter of the Acts of the \po3tlcs. A remarkable character was this heav enly man , Cornelius. And character , ifter all , brothrcn.outranks everything. Character is the mortal p.irt of man. Jhnractcr is that something about mo : lml shall live longer than the stars. Character is different from reputation. Reputation is like a glove I may put It on at pleasure , rend It to pieces or throw t away. 1 have lost but little , but not so with character , which , when gone , is gone ' 'orcvor. Reputation is what peoplo'suy about me. Character is what 1 am. If what people say of mo is true i iimri.u in : IN TIII : ASYLUM or penitentiary , I cannot say which. Thank ( Jed , I am not running on reputa tion. Character is quite adilfcrcnltliing. Ihank ( iod , no man can injure our characters. If you will tell the truth and | uiy your "ust debts , you may n have a oed character , but if you have not got that kind of character , mind how yon walk. Too many people have tried Io get up a reputation for being good when their characters were smirched with n thousand bad transactions. This lieavcnly man Cornelius wasaremarkable character , hero wo are given all the symmetry and beauty of his character. The lirst thing God tells us is that he was a devout man. Ho feared God , lie ami [ ill his house He gave much alms to the l > eoplo. Prayed to ( Jed always. When 1 loolc at this picture i AM A.sii.\Mii : > or MYsr.i.i' , of every man living on the lace of this earth in the nineteenth century. There is not a peer of this heathen man living in the earth. I am sorry it is true. Cor nelius was first a devout man. In oilier words , ho was a thoroughly just man , all through , soul and body , for time and eternity. Ho was just anywhere , every where , at any cost and all cost. The term devout covers the ground. When ( Jed tells us that Cornelius was devout , he meant to teach us that he was /ealous earnest and honest. In other words there was the man who had settled the question "from this moment till I die , from this moment I will bo Christ's , at any cost and every cost. " Suppose 1 succeed in every oilier line in the world and fail in tins. Then life is an ignoble failure. Suppose I gather riches enough to be a Vanderbilt or a Gould , and died impen itent. All tlieir millions could not go into partnership with the devil in boll to buy ono drop of water to cool their parched tongues. Now and then ono of them gets nipped up down here and you bay he is a bankrupt. What is that com pared with the ETintNAL HANKllt'PTCY OP Till : SOI'L ? If a man loses his soul ho loses his all. 1 had rather be Lazarus at the rich man's gate , fi'odjng from the crumbs and have the tloirs lick my sores , and die a good man , than to revel in purple and fine linen , and at labt beg for a drop of water. I say to you peopje who arc in a hurry to get rich , you sit down to-night and ask yourselves this question , as j'ou look around you nt the growth of this city , spreading out and growing , and I am talking about what you are engaged jn every day. 'Can I nothcll back lots in the city of Omaha for more than corner lots in the city of God ? ' You just have to count down your thousands for a little lot 100 feet square , and here is a creat city opened for nothing and you say , aivi : us OMAHA CITY I-HOPKUTY. What do we care for heaven. ' Suppose you owned Chicago , or Now York , or the whole woild , wlmt doe.s it amount to after you die ? 'What prolitcth it a man if he gain the whole world and lo.so his own souls' My fellow citi/.ens , let us amidst tlie roar and rush of the nineteenth century pause and libten to that still , small voice. Let us hear ( Jed , and fear God , and kei'p His com mandments. Now. Cornelius was one. of tiiis style , lie was thoroughly just. If a man is'uot just in everything ho is not just in anything. I want to M-O a man as just on Wednesday as he is on Sunday. As I understand , some of you church- members will ride around and incident ally SHOW YOL'U HEAL ESTATK ON SUNDAY , but yel you never miss a service and pro fess Christ. The devil has never missed a service since the church started. I want to eee a man as good off his knees as on his knees , as good behind the counter as he is at home ; whoso word is as good as bond ; who would die before ho would deceive you. This is the kind of a man we want. Good cannot do much with a man unless ho is dead honest , a man like St. Paul a dead honest man. Ho will do what ho says and die by it a dead , downright honest man. I saw ono once who said ho was. I wanted to speaK to him and say , 'don't you leel mighty lonesome down hero by yourself ? ' A good old .sister said to me , 'Brother Jones , if you will just milt ono tiling you will lie perfect. ' 1 told her I did not want to be perfect. Who would i associate with ; who would I run with hero in Omaha , now , if I was perfect , [ Laiightprl , while 1 am down hero in this woul.1 I want a little com pany ? The Lord help us to bo good com pany for ono another. I do not mean simply a man who will pay his debts. Pay your debts It is bad policy not to do it. What I call an honest man is a man who lives up to his convictions and dies by his conviction * . Just make these two propositions. The worst thing a man can do is to do wrong , and the best thin" a man can do Is to uo right. If you will stick to that you will 'bo all right ami have no trouble in this world. The man who will LOAII HIS COXM'IliNC'i : WITH MONT.Y Is a fool. Cornelius feared ( Jed with ajl Ida house. There was piety about his house. 1 like that. There is something charming about religious familic.s.J/Thcro is no grander sight than a father and wife walking side by side In Jesus , and the whole family marching right into the city of God to live live with him forever. No greater sight , Feared God with all his house. Now this is whut the people call a re vival. They call nut a revivalist. Well , call mo that or anything worse. 1 have been called a fanatic fool ignoramus. I have been called u biitfoon. Pile them in , pile them on , and 1 will wear them with honor and caury them to the feet of my Savior. Pile them on. When a fol low begins to do tlto clean thing ho is called a crank , Death on the other follows , isn't it ? If St. Paul had lived in this day ho would have been called THE MOST CINHJJMSIATi ; CI1ANK on rccoid. They W'fuld ' Inivo turned the world upiido down for thu old preacher who had ihroo propositions in his tnxt ; First , the world's wjrong side up ; second , ought to bo ttirnutt right side up , and third , I am the man to do It. ( Laughter , ! A devoted man and one who feared God with all his house. There U not a Chris tian hero in this city who is not praying "Lord , revive Thy work. " Now , I want to sny 1 have been in revival work four or livn years , but revivals nro not the best things in the world. No. no The fact that you all need a revival is proof that you have not been doing your duty. Do jon know that ? You may have a re vival , and thousands of souls maybe con. verted ami join the church. In twelve mouilis s Teat many will go back , 'Now just look at that.my brother,11 am asked , by a good brother who don't bcJioYU in re vivals. But 1 say to him. 'If 1 oat n hearty meal Saturday it nil got mniiiry again to-day is that a logical reason why I should not eat again and again ? ' Wo have borne churches that don't ' he- liovo in revivals. They are like ponds all along thu river. Kvery time there i.s an overflow in the rivers of the church The cold waves have been so long in coming that our expectations as to the sale of heavy overcoats have not been quite realized. In antici pation of a cold fall and early winter , we laid in the most extensive line of overcoats ever offered to the people of Omaha. These overcoats must be sold. It is better for us to sell them at a sacrifice than to carry this immense stock , so we have marked down the prices on the same as follows : \ ; - 100 Mens' heavy Grey Beaver Overcoats , cassimore lined , reduced from , $6 to $3,60 , 100 Mens' heavy blue Chinchilla Beaver Overcoats , reduced from $9 to $5,50. 65 Hens' heavy blue Chinchilla Storm Overcoats , extra long withcassimere lining , trimmed with large fur collar and ciiffsreducedfron$12,50to$8 ) , This Coat cannot be bought elsewhere for less than $14 , 80 Hens' all wool worsted Overcoats , in black and brown , re duced from $12 to $7,75 , Please bear in mind that all these goods are new and fresh , and manufactured ' ufactured for the season by us , and that we guarantee every article to be as represented or the money will be refunded , All goods at strictly one price at the Cor. Douglas and 14tli sts. , Omalia. WANTED ! TO JTANDLK THE UNION SEWING MACHINE ! in Lightest Running , Simplest in Construction and Noiseless. Address for particulars , UNION Manufacturing Co , , 12O N. lOth St. OnmliaeIiriiHkn they lill up. A good Episcopal lady in St. Joe told mo him did not believe in re- \ival.s , and 1 said to her that the Kpi.ico- \r\\ \ \ church is nothing more than TIII : I.OUD'S ( . 'itociiirmo .socir/rv. If the ladies of that church all KCt to heaven they won't do anything rise but have all the angels rigged out in hico. When it conies to rescuing the perishing , your church ain't there. Hut the Episco pal church is the grandest equipped cliurch in America , but it , has been in camp for UOO years and has not been out to light a battle I Now take that for what it i.s .worth. [ Laughter. ) JJut this i.s the worst thiu < ; 1 am comg to say about the Episcopalians. 1 shall give you Methodists a good deal worse than that. Put that ilown. Io- ! cause 1 am one of you , and I can talk. You Mnthodihts keep mo so busy in your ranks that 1 don't never get limo to say anything about other. " . 1 like to M > O a union light like this ; you take Methodist lire , Itaptlst water and Presbyterian "hold-on to-wlnu-you-got , " and you ii AVI : A HAD Mix'inn ; . Cornelius , the devout man one that feared ( iod with all his house. If wo were what wo ought Io bo at our homos , it wouhl not bo nccoftoiiry to have revivals at the chbroh. I want to see every father a priest avd every mother a prlosfois of their homo , last father and mother train chil- for ( jed and heaven. " Hero the speaker made a special pica toyoungmen. "I am much obliged to to those news paper brethren. They do help M ) much in this work in scattering the words of kindness. And if your kind newspapers will just publish what J say exactly , then ] don't ' care what you say in your editorial column. Just wndo in. Uecaiiho 1 never get mad at what i.s said. If a lie , I am so glad It is a lie , and if true , i am sorry , and can't got mad. It is a pitiful sight to see a Christian mother doing all hhe can to train her children for heaven , with a husband doing his best to drag them down to hell. i KonoK riiofiitr. sivr IUTIIKK is 0110 of the leadiii } ' games of this town , Lot mo sav that if I sat down in your house to this game I wouhl consider my self as much a black-leg gambler na any man who runs n faro bank hero. It 1 was a pastor hero ami had a member of my church that played progressive oueher I wouhl turn him out if it wrecked the churph. Say amen ! brethren , ( turningto the pastors on the platform ) .say amen I The biggest question in the universe "what will bocoino of to-day is my childronV" I have siv sweet children at home and I thank ( > o. | for them. I saw a lady riilinir in Italtiinoro with a poodle dog , ami i b : v that whenever 1 hue my wife riding down street with u poodle dog I am going to move to Chicago and got a divoroo. What shall becoiui ! of our children ? ( rod nave me from being'tliu - father of a drunkard's boy. ( Jed si\e ; me iron ) boin" the father of a pure , swci-l daughter who marries a dnin-Kanl and whoso children are .born ilruuki.rJf , 1 would rather a man would give my child the small pox than whisky. " Hero the speaker denounced high license and appealed for prohibition , and closed with a brief outline of the work for the coming week. SAM SMAM/S .TK\V131UV. He liquidates Ills 11111lth tlic Cin cinnati Ocwelor anil All in Sci-one. A Cincinnati dispatch of November 5 says : Several lawyers awaited the ap pearance of Sam Small , the evangelist , in Justice liloom's olliee this morning. Ho was expected to bo present to answer to the claim of $250 which Abe Sicilian asked in payment of a bill for jewelry. As Mr. Small did not put in an appear aiieo a visit to several lawyers' ollicos was made , after which the party pro ceeded to Sicilian's jewelry storo. There Us was ascertained that the bill had been hottled in full. Mr. Sicilian slated that the uit iiad been brought under a mi.-iiimlerMaiuliiig. I It had boon mporlcd that Air. Small had said that ho would never pay the bill ami that it waan unlawful churn. Knowing tins claim of Mr , .Small's to be fatso hu was determined to get his money. Mr. ' Small , on tint other hand , stuied'that ho had hoard in Toronto that Sicilian was making severe and iinwarnnted throats , ngainst him on liui streets in Cincinnati and that he ir.ado up his mind to resent them. After the money was paid both men expressed love and admir.ition for earth other and thu matter was amicably dropped. The goods which thu evan gelist bought conipil-od almost every thing Iru.'a a pn > knife to a diamond locket , lo Mem Hanley. J. 1) . Nesbltt , of Deuwood : ! , is in the city. Mr. Ncpbltl is the banker of Paddy Norton , the champion light weight , and comes to Omaha for thn purpose of ar ranging a match if possible between him audilack Hun'ev. Ilo oller.s to mulch IJoitou agalnii Ifanlev for from $ ' . ' 0 to $ .100 a aldo and the gate rcielpl in a sol- entile contest. Air. Ne.sbiti , with his money , 'viil jouut'u Inkers at the Aic.ido hotel. Hoard of 'J'j-3il . The Nou'inbjr mooting of thn board of trade will b.iheld at 8 o'cloc-1 ; this evening. The .subject of legislative oinelme'ils for thnluiiu lit ot Omaha will bu brought beiori' the bu-.ml for discussion. I Slc.-illii From a Cliurch. Snuak tlnovos ei idently have no fear of [ ( iod in ilutlr hearts. Ono of them \isited I Trinity cathedral miring the services last ulgU .and captur-d H'\oi"il o\cr"Ois from the M'fetib'ilu. nune-in .Mi-lU'i.'d left fur Hijlto City last 1-vrui't.j. ' JIu svill return in u , fi n \\utij to made Omuhi : hiblunun' . Any Move arrange bcariiigthonameof "Garland" is warranted to bo the bcHfc that can be made. The "C.arland Stoves and llnngcs" are too well known to need any endorsement from us , anil we only need to call the attention of our readers to tlieir reputation and advise them to examine into theii merits. M1NOCUH-Minnie , lnughlrr of John and Annie .Mliio ue , .November 0 , u ed 10 months. Fuucinl from the family residence , Xt' . 1111 South Twelfth .stieet , Mond.iy , Kovcni- her 8 , at ! J p. in , Friends Invited. . - . -.it Absolutely Pure. This powder never varlei A marvel of purity , hlrcngth anil wholesomcness. Morn economical th.in the oidinary kinds and cannot bu i-olil in competition with the mul- tiliule of low trsi , short \ve yht alum or phospliati pnml'Ms. Sold only in rand , Royal Hnuiii" Powder Co. . JM Wall St. , NcwYoik. E. T. ALLEN , M. D. Eye , Ear , Kose & Throat KopiuO Williams Huil ling , coi. 15th ami iJndgc f.tb , Omniia. 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